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Thursday, July 1, 2010

Thursday, July 1, 2010

So apparently today is Canada Day. Now in our defense, we didn't even realize that the US celebrated Canada with its own day, but then, we do have Hamburger Day so I guess it's not that much of a stretch.

So, um, here's a cake:

And another one:

And now, in your honor, Canada, John & I will sing "Canada" from Epcot.

Jen: Canadaaaa...

John: CanadAAAA!

Jen: My Canada!

John: Dadadaaaa.

Jen: Blah blah blah bladoodeedoodeedoodee planet earth.

John: Dadadaaa.

Jen: Um. Canadaaaa?

John: Canada.

Jen: My Canada!

John: Dadadaa. I think that's good.

Jen: Yeah. Totally.

Happy Canada Day, Shaunna & Jill P.

Oh, and to everyone else, too. Especially Canada.

Important note from john: Dear Canada,It has come to our attention that nearly all of you were offended by today's post. It seems that Canada Day is apparently not an American holiday. Also, and correct me if I'm wrong here, the song from the Canada pavilion in Epcot is not actually your national anthem. Huh. Go figure. Also, it should be noted that Canada is far superior at hockey.

Well, considering how little attention you Yanks usually pay to us, I suppose that we should feel blessed by this token posting..and the first cake qualifies as a Wreckerator Special..no self-respecting Canadian would even dream that red thing was supposed to be a maple leaf..but then, if bakers can't spell, their botanical knowledge may surely come into question...

Haha oh dear... just a quick note.. the US doesn't celebrate Canada with a holiday... it is a Canadian National Holiday. it is our version of your Independence Day... it is the anniversary of the British North American Act when Canada became its own country and independent from England.

That top one is one of the tidiest wrecks I've seen. I mean for a not-a-maple-leaf, it's a pretty good one. It's symmetrical and the icing's nice. It's just a not-a-maple-leaf, which is, I believe, NOT Canada's official symbol.

We would be offended if a Canadian did that to our National Anthem. Show a little respect. Canadians are a great military partner and still support us where others have pulled out. I like all of the Canadians I have met. I wish we could take credit for Holmes on Homes. The second cake is a mess.

I'm a proud Canadian and as yet have not seen a Cake Wreak in any of my stores. Though I did buy a cake one time that had one side that was hardly any cake and all icing. At the time I was pretty POed. Who would have thought that one day there would be a site that celebrated cake mistakes with such Glee. I love it. Thanks for the best wishes.

I guess in the spirit of celebrating both countries' independence from England, everyone's minds are out of the gutter... But the cherry and smudge on the right of that 2nd cake still has my mind there!

I'm sorry to have to correct a fellow Canadian about the origin of Canada, but it actually celebrates the ORIGINAL British North America Act of 1867. This act made the territories of Canada West (now Ontario), Canada East (Quebec), Nova Scotia and New Brunswick a Confederation of provinces under the Dominion of Great Britain. (That's why it used to be called Dominion Day when I was a kid) When the BNA Act and Canada's constitution were brought home in the 90s, it became Canada Day.

(Why YES, I do teach 5th grade Social Studies: why do you ask?)

And I love the idea of a Canada Day DQ icecream wedding cake!

wv: preadic - I preadic some people will complain this comment has too much history and not enough cake!

Haha, first time I've ever seen Canada involved on CW. I get that it's just a joke and all... but it seems like every time I see my country around on the internet, somebody's making a stupid, uninformed joke about us. (N)Sucky maple leaf, lol, those things are difficult to get right.

OMG.... Jen you have me in tears. I had a very brief marriage to a Canadian, ay? And that EPCOT song will be in my head the rest of the day, ay? Now I'm going to have to go home and have some fries with vinegar, ay?

I'd never heard this song before, but upon "hearing" you and John sing it, I knew it was going to be one of those instant favorites that was going to get stuck in my head and drive me to desperate acts as soon as the music actually entered my ears.

Thanks for the YouTube link. I wasn't wrong about the desperate acts. Let's do this together, hand in hand.

wv: guestio, as in, I am now singing with lots of guestio. Wees a Franch accent, a la Clouseau, no? Quite fitting for Danada, I mean Canada Day.

Um, I think Jen knows that Canada Day is not a US holiday. I think she also knows it's their independence day. I think she probably even knows that "Candadaaa! Canadadada!" is not their anthem. Jus' sayin'...

wv: tastaterMmm... I'm gonna have me some of them tastaters with mah hot dawg on Sunday!

LOL, the comments are funnier than the cakes. I've never been to Epcot so I don't know the song. I can't afford to dedicate brain cells to a song that will never leave so I'm not going to Youtube it. Wouldn't it be great if the US did celebrate Canada Day? It could be a holiday like Grandparent's day when we could send sappy or humorous Hallmark cards to each other celebrating Canada and all it (she?) has given us, like Martin Short, Jim Carrey, over-the-hill hockey players, Neil Young, Dudley Do Right, and other stuff like the basketball, Canada Dry Ginger Ale, the electric car heater (obviously!), the zipper and the pacemaker (you could look this stuff up, I did).

What, I'm afraid to ask, are the two long, red, phallic thingies on either side of cake #2? Did someone say, "Hmmmm, I think for Canada Day, I'll make a cake with two bloody male organs. That's what I think of when I think of Canada!" And what does the writing in the center say? Cana-mmmph? Maybe the wreckerator was writing as s/he spoke and wrote down what happened when the buyer got a look at this vile cake. "Here ya go; one cake complete with violent sexual images for Cana -mmmmph" (word cut off by cake being thrown in wreckerator's face).

The second cake is a beautiful demonstration on how to overwhip your frosting and expose the lovely air bubbles you have so carefully created. It also is a perfect example of creative ways to use up those jars of blood clots you have laying around the house.

Mag Ruffman is my favorite Canadian. If you don't know who she is, your life is not yet complete. I love her.

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Could a Canadian please explain how this post is offensive? It's not like Jen made the cakes . . . and the song is Disney's fault (the company - not the man).

I did not know that Canadian Independence and US Independence fell so close together on the calendar. If the two countries were siblings, they probably would have had to share a birthday cake and party on either the 2nd or 3rd. Happy Birthday Canada . . . and lighten up a little.

Thank you for the wrecks celebrating your northern neighbour's national day! Love it. (And yes, I'm Canadian and just spent the day celebrating). In fact, I was inspired to dye part of the cake batter bright red thanks to your website (and several guests "got" it) after that MoMA Mondrian Sweet!

That second cake is shameful! At least the first one being nice but "mis-spelled".

Anon @12:31: don't worry, this didn't offend. Even though I'm not familiar with the song in question, I know that this post was all in friendly, affectionate humour.

@Sarah... love your "plus applicable taxes" addendum!! And Anon at 1:36: I live in Ontario.

WildHeather: It was Upper and Lower Canadas (not east and west), and the Constitution was repatriated in 1982, at the same time that we got the Charter. Early 1990s was the Meech Lake Accord, which didn't pass all provincial legislatures. PS The Canadian Flag as we know it only dates back to the 1960s-- it was a huge debate, which is amazing given how well the flag is identified with the country today.

Okay, that second cake totally scares me... the first glance put something totally obscene in my head - the second glance gave me the Maxipad thing, like Natalie - I'm afraid if I go there again I'll need therapy!

the usa doesn't celebrate "canada day". that's the stupid name politicians changed confederation day to. july 1, 1867 was when canada became a country, semi-separate from england. the full separation didn't happen until 1982 when pierre trudeau (then prime minister) brought the british north america act back to canada.

love the cakes. it's a pleasure to know (and i've seen them too, just didn't have a digital camera to immortalize them) that canada isn't immune to bad patriotic displays on cakes.

2) The Maple Leaf is a pain in the you-know-what to draw out. They almost always look like some 5 year old drew it!

3) I don't think I've ever seen a Cake Wrecks post that contained some Canadian content NOT be part of some joke. I'm not overly sensitive, and can take a few jabs at my country, but it gets a little repetitive when that's ALL that happens. Just sayin.

Wow, as a Canadian, I'm going to apologize for all my moronic countrymen that can't take a joke. (see, we really do apologize for everything. :p) We used to have humour here but it moved away. Apparently inferiority complexes are more fun.I do agree with the posters that are pointing out that a maple leaf is really pissy to draw though. Never looks right, ever. Not that that wasn't a spectacularly bad one.

People that can't comprehend sarcasm really shouldn't comment on blogs that are meant to be funny. But I think the large number of Americans who know NOTHING about Canada is starting to rub some of us the wrong way. Just check out Rick Mercer's Talking to Americans http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BhTZ_tgMUdo

(Jen, I think you'd like Rick Mercer)

-Pst... other Canucks, we know they can dish it but they can't take it! ;)

Sheesh, folks. Really? If you had actually read the post it's pretty clear that John and Jen are not making fun of your national anthem- they used the Canada song from Epcot- and this was clearly stated. If anything they're making fun of Disney. I am glad to see there are some Canadians with a sense of humor.

We Canadians definitely have a sense of humour (anyone see the Olympics closing ceremony?).

In fact, we have learned to laugh at ourselves along with the rest of the world - and usually don't mind because we know exactly how lucky we are to live in such an incredible country with such nice neighbours.

Here's a great video to explain the differences between the US and Canadians. Check it out:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lrA4V6YF6SA

And, to show that we have a sense of humour - check out this video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ety2FEHQgwM

The Epcot song is part of the reason why I love you guys. Not only do you like horribly awesome cakes, but you're Disney nuts as well. I often get the Canada song stuck in my head randomly but don't know all the words. That and the America song (I don't know all the words to that either).

It's a humor site. Of *course* posts that mention Canada will be making fun of Canada - just like posts about America will always be making fun of America. Just take a look at the Plastic Flag [tm] post. Or any of the posts bewailing the state of our educational system (there's one devoted to poorly-spelled cakes "honoring" teachers!).

I also seem to recall an absolutely stunning Canadian-flag themed cake in one of the Sunday Sweets posts - no fun-poking there.

My only experience with "Canada Day" was finding it to also be "Mass Exodus" day for Canadians. We ended up there for our honeymoon (long story - our original plans fell through...but we still had a great time), and got stuck in so much traffic trying to get OUT on July 1...a 2 hour trip took almost 5 - all backed up at the border. Go figure.

Ummmmm.....if you've been reading the blog for the past few days you'd notice that the AMERICANS have been talking about Americans that way (and now that they're all getting their bloomers in a knot, I'm guessing the Canadians and other nationality readers were as well) as the American Independence Day cakes got the exact same treatment.

My mama always said "Don't dish it if you can't take it!" (Glad to see some Canadians that can take it too. You all get gold stars...I mean proper red Maple leaf stickers in my book! :))

As a Canadian, this post cracked me up. I'm afraid I won't be able to keep a straight face during the national anthem now, thanks to you lot! I'll just be hearing "Canada... CANADAAAAA!" I didn't think I was going to be laughing much today, so thanks!

Oh, that song from Epcot is PRICELESS!!! Let me just say that Canada was one of the early stops of the "Beers of the World" tour my hubby to be and his brother took that day, and even now, nearly 10 years later, we STILL sing "CANADAAAA" and laugh...thanks for the laughs today!

I love Kat's very polite, very Canadian "Haha, you are so funny but actually NO" comment. Sharalyns I loved your Arrogant Worms contribution - I think we should really lobby for the Arrogant Worms to give us Canucks a new, more better national anthem, with more beaver references.Don't worry Jon and Jen, as an official online Canadian, I can say that you offended no one except a few silly people with sticks up their bums and they'd get offended if they came from Azerbaijan or the South Pole.

Dear me, that Epcot song is awful (I tried the link). On the other hand, it's nice to know that there are some Americans who have heard of us. I lived in Oklahoma for two years, and most people didn't even know there was a country above the US! Clearly, that one small town was not representative of the entire country. Now, everyone join in:

"We stand out from other countries 'cause Canada's rea-lly biiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiig!"

I'm amazed that some people are offended. I found it rather amusing. The fireworks display in my city were very sadly lacking, but it's small city Saskatchewan, I can't blame them if I've seen some in Ottawa and Calgary.

Anyway, when will people learn that maple leaves are extremely hard to draw free-hand? I drew one like that when I was ten and learned that I should never attempt it again. XD

They are showing THE SAME Canada video (y'know, the one with the Mounties) at Disney World as they did when I went AS A KID! And I'm FIFTY frickin' years old!! Show a new movie, Disney People!! It's a frickin' embarrassment!!

Give us a place to staaaaaand And a place to groooooowAnd call this land Ontariooooo.A place to liiiiiiveFor you and meeeeeWith hopes as hiiiiighAs the tallest treeeeee.Give us a land of laaaakesand a land of snooooowAnd we will buiiiiiiild Ontarioooooo A place to stand, a place to growOntari-ari-ari-o-ooo!

(Yes, this is actually a real song. See, we're weirder on our own than you manage to make us when you're trying to make fun of us!)

Ok, I’m one of those people who just silently reads and enjoys Cake Wrecks’ posts and comments every day, without participating, but this time I just HAD TO comment on this. My guess is that the majority of Canadians who read this post, like me, were very honoured and pleased by your special Canadian ‘edition’. And the majority of us got it. I was not offended in the slightest and thought it was hilarious. Some people just like to feel offended and as you know, complainers like to be heard and unfortunately it sometimes seems like they are speaking for everyone. NOT SO! I love your site. Apologies not necessary for Pete's Sake! Shine on Jen and John.

Many Canadians can't even sing their own anthem and it is a running joke up here. It was nice to be thought of on our special day.

As for "the maple leaf not being a Canadian symbol"... Yes... it is. and the first cake is a not terribly awful replication of the Canadian flag. The average person can't replicate a maple leaf. They could, at least, have copied it from any number of places. However, it is a lot better than the cakes you featured for the 4th of July!

It was certainly WAAAAYYYYyyyyyy better than the hideous one below it.

PS, In an effort to give Canadians a bit of variety and Americans an little taste of Canada, my friend, Mike Plume, wrote "8:30 Newfoundland (This Is Our Home)" which I think should be the new Canadian anthem.

Love the song. Please pass it along. The song deserves to be heard.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SpMdwDL6xrY

Several favourite lines?"And when you cross the border and see a caribou on the quarter, then and only then will you be home".

"I've been snowed in for days on the Trans Canada Highway... and that was in the month of June."

And "the little place I love in the Gatineaus with a swimming hole and a covered bridge" was the town I was born in, Wakefield, Quebec.

K, I'd just like to point out that we're NOT independent of England. Queen Elizabeth II is the queen of Canada. In fact, she's touring Canada now and joined in yesterday's celebrations from Parliament Hill (that's in Ottawa, our nation's capital, which is in Ontario).

OMG! I can't believe you'd make fun of Canada! And their national anthem! That's crazy! I mean...it's not like you spent a whole week making fun of your OWN country's Independence Day cakes..........ummm...I mean...oh wait.....

My husband is from Canada so we always celebrate Canada Day and Canadian Thanksgiving. I made a Canada Day cake this week...if I was a professional I would have submitted it to you myself. Maple leafs are a pain to make on cake! Next time I'll go with something easier...maybe polite phrases all over the cake. :-D

with 144 comments ahead of me I doubt you'll see this:I just wanted to thank you Americans for giving us Canadians a day to celebrate. Up here in the far north, we only sit around in our igloos & munch on seal blubber. It takes a more sophisticated country like you to the south of us to think about holidays.Oh BTW, please do come up & see us this summer & don't forget to bring your skis.

Can I just say I'm greatly amused that the EPCOT reference actaully caused an "EPCOT incident"? (As a side note, the phrase "See, you can tell by the Disney Font" has become a running gag in our household.)

As for the readers you "lost", don't worry about it, they obviously didn't get the blog and will not be missed. They can troll elsewhere.

As always, your sarcasm, commentary, and Disney references, remain my favorite part of the blog, truly. It was great to meet you at the signing last Saturday and I hope you enjoyed Disneyland!

Oh. Wow. It's really unfortunate that some of our neighbors to the north were offended by this post. It's even more unfortunate that some of the offended took it upon themselves to post hurtful comments targeting Americans. Lighten up, folks. There's just too much seriousness in our world to take something fun and lighthearted and turn it into a name-calling contest. Grow up. Really.

:/ I <3 Canada. If we get much more religious and/or conservative, I'd be begging to come stay with you. Plus, Canada provided Michael Shanks AND gave us SG-1/Atlantis! Oh, and Kids in the Hall. As far as I'm concerned, ya'll rock.

And go ahead and make fun of our anthem all you like... I HATE that thing! All war and death. Bizarre. There are so many more kind, thoughtful songs they should have chosen. Ick to our anthem.

Word:"lesse", Lesse if I get fellow Americans barking mad at my not liking the anthem. ;)

Just one more comment from a Canadian to say that this post was not offensive. Don't worry!

I was particularly amused by the comment that noted that we have better cakes than that here. Ummm...yes. But, why would Jen post the better cakes? This is cake wrecks! The cakes are supposed to be bad :)

It would benefit the offended wreckies to take what we have learned of Jen and Hubby of Jen through our time enjoying their posts. They aren't out to slander, offend, sling mud at, insult, hurt, embarrass or upset people. I mean, read the rules for commenting and sending in pictures for goodness sakes. They posted an homage to Canada for their Independence Day because, chances are, someone would have been offended if they'd missed it. They aren't cruel, mean spirited people and I think they have shown that through the years. They deserve more credit than what they're being given. It's easy to be a critic when thousands of people aren't breathing down your neck, expecting briliance each and every day. Their blog is fantastic and it has brought a lot of laughs to a lot of people and has even been a vessel to create new friendships. If they were out to be cruel, things like that wouldn't bloom from their talent. My family loves you Jen and Hubby of Jen ;). We pray for you and we catch a wreck every chance we get. Thanks you guys for all the smiles.

Jean - I'm with you!!!People - take a pill - or at least a piece of cake! I thought the "song" was cute... I did not take offense and as a Canadian I want to reassure you that there are more of us that chuckled when we read your post and saw the cakes than those who got their fruit of the looms in a knot. So now that I've mentioned undergarments, I have deflected the rage from you to me... have a wonderful summer! Love your site!

Wow... gotta say I'm not impressed, I think the ignorance shown here by both the post and the comments is definitely worse than the offended complaints from the Canadians. People are offended because Canada is constantly the butt of jokes and it's quite tiring to constantly here the same ones again and again, especially when they're so farfetched (I hate winter, don't live in an igloo, and I say "huh" more than I say "eh"). Especially when the comments come from people who can't even find Canada on a map (or who don't know we have our own holidays... and hey, we have running water too!).

I'm sorry...but obviously Canada Day is not an American holiday, just like we are aware of the 4th of July and that it is an American holiday. I really didn't want to be one of the offended, but that's just so, so...stupid.

Just to let you know, we Americans aren't all as dumb as my aunt, who once wondered aloud (around the time that Alaska & Hawaii were admitted to the Union):"So when are they going to make Canada a state?"My father answered: "Lois, Canada is a COUNTRY for crying out loud!" To which she replied, "What... that little place up above Buffalo??"

I'm not Canadian, so I can't speak for those from Canadia (...is that offensive??) and therefore my opinion is likely moot, but I am Australian and Australia being the butt of constant jokes the world over (well, maybe not in New Zealand; they're the butt of our jokes) I can't ever recall being offended by ANY AUSSIE JOKE, let alone something so inoffensive.

I'm offended that folk were offended by the inoffensiveness of this post. Ha! Try saying that ten times fast.There was no malice.Get a life.

P.S. Yes. I do ride a kangaroo to work every day.P.P.S. Knifey-spoony is our national sport.

The cakes left me giggling, but I'm SO grateful for the reference to the Epcot Canada song, which is the musical equivalent to some of the best, best cake wrecks ever (I love the new version, with the awkward French duet, totally painfully satisfying.) Had to watch your (later) link to the You Tube video and I am UTTERLY utterly fulfilled and can face the disaster that will be the rest of my day with a delighted smile on my face. Thank you Thank you Thank you!

A lot of you seem to think nobody would dare make fun of the Star-Spangled Banner.

Hasn't anybody seen the national anthem scene from Borat (which grossed $128 BILLION in this country)? An American impersonating a Khazak singing a parody anthem...brilliant layering. I guarantee you patriotic Americans went to see it and still found it hilarious. After all, it was obviously a farce.

Like the movie, this blog is a comedy -- one I've found reliably funny day after day. If there is ever something I don't get, I tend to assume it's because some crucial aspect of the point went over my head. Maybe more people ought to do the same, and cut Jen a break.

Honestly, I can't say that I find this amusing at all. The wrecks are amusing, but the commentary was not. I understand that the intention was not malicious, but it was thoughtless.

Oh, and before you all start on me:

1) Yes, I understand and am fully capable of detecting sarcasm. I feel that in this case it was ill-used and caused offence to some people. Myself included.

2) I read Cake Wrecks all the time and Epbot too. Hell, they're in my top sites. The reason this caught me off guard is that Cake Wrecks is generally very funny and far from rude. Jen usually goes out of her way to make fun of the cake and not the wreckerator. I would have liked to see her apply that principle to this post.

Actually, "Anonymous", it's much more fair to say that YOU are completely ignorant since it was a JOKE. As testified by about 1000 comments above, and, if I recall correctly, an explanatory note on the original page.

Try rubbing those two brain cells together & see if you can make a spark, before you comment next time.

Seriously, some people were offended? If we're allowed to send Rick Mercer south so he can mock Americans, then Cake Wrecks can mock us. Tis only fair. After all, we did burn down their White House. Just saying...

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